Originally posted by Caat In Russia, is there a great deal of sentimentality about Russian brands? I always get the impression that Russia is very proud of it's past, could this be used to hawk re-branded Japanese and German cameras?
As for me, it's silly to be proud of past. It's normal to be proud of anything really good which useful for all humanity. People are different, somebody feel nostalgic for past, somebody want to look ahead... Somebody like all Soviet. Somebody don't like USSR...
The truth is between as usual....
)) Different time could bring really bad and really good events, things and developments.
To say honest, the most original things from Russia are weapon. Sad, but true. If we say about things. It's good made and real realization of smart brains.
The rest good things are display of spiritual and art culture. It's mental things.
As for photo gears or cars, alas!...it's rather special and another level things. Not close to Western or Eastern models...
I have no any nostalgia for Zenit
...I have Zenit-B and Zenit-E (semi-work), Smena 8M...It's my childhood. Yes. But it's really nothing special as photo gear. Very simple and it can make photos - it's all.